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tsarist

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈ(t)sɑːɹɪst/
  • /ˈzɑːɹɪst/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

expressing support for a tsar

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

from the time of the tsar in Russia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

autocratic

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Alternative form of tsarist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

One who supports a tsar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

adjective

Meaning 6

of or relating to or characteristic of a czar

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: czarist, czaristic, tsaristic, tzarist

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From tsar + -ist. Piecewise doublet of Caesarist.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: цары́сцкі (carýscki) — expressing support for a tsar
  • Catalan: tsarista — expressing support for a tsar
  • Finnish: tsaristinen — expressing support for a tsar
  • French: tsariste — expressing support for a tsar
  • German: zaristisch — expressing support for a tsar
  • Latvian: carisks — expressing support for a tsar
  • Latvian: cara — expressing support for a tsar
  • Polish: carski — expressing support for a tsar
  • Russian: цари́стский (carístskij) — expressing support for a tsar
  • Spanish: zarista — expressing support for a tsar
  • Ukrainian: цари́стський (carýstsʹkyj) — expressing support for a tsar
  • Arabic: قَيْصَرِيّ (qayṣariyy) — from the time of the tsar
  • Belarusian: ца́рскі (cárski) — from the time of the tsar
  • Bulgarian: ца́рски (cárski) — from the time of the tsar
  • Catalan: tsarista — from the time of the tsar
  • Czech: carský — from the time of the tsar
  • Finnish: tsaarinaikainen — from the time of the tsar
  • French: tsariste — from the time of the tsar
  • French: tsarien — from the time of the tsar
  • German: Zaren- — from the time of the tsar
  • German: zaristisch — from the time of the tsar
  • Hungarian: cári — from the time of the tsar
  • Latvian: carisks — from the time of the tsar
  • Latvian: cara — from the time of the tsar
  • Macedonian: царски (carski) — from the time of the tsar
  • Polish: carski — from the time of the tsar
  • Russian: ца́рский (cárskij) — from the time of the tsar
  • Serbo-Croatian: ца̑рскӣ — from the time of the tsar
  • Serbo-Croatian: cȃrskī — from the time of the tsar
  • Slovak: cársky — from the time of the tsar
  • Slovene: carski — from the time of the tsar
  • Spanish: zarista — from the time of the tsar
  • Ukrainian: ца́рський (cársʹkyj) — from the time of the tsar
  • Yakut: ыраахтааҕылаах (ïraaqtaağïlaaq) — from the time of the tsar
  • Belarusian: цары́ст (carýst) — one who supports a tsar
  • Belarusian: цары́стка (carýstka) — one who supports a tsar
  • Catalan: tsarista — one who supports a tsar
  • Finnish: tsaristi — one who supports a tsar
  • French: tsariste — one who supports a tsar
  • German: Zarist — one who supports a tsar
  • German: Zaristin — one who supports a tsar
  • Indonesian: tsaris — one who supports a tsar
  • Polish: zwolennik caratu — one who supports a tsar
  • Polish: zwolenniczka caratu — one who supports a tsar
  • Russian: сторо́нник цари́зма (storónnik carízma) — one who supports a tsar
  • Russian: сторо́нница цари́зма (storónnica carízma) — one who supports a tsar
  • Russian: цари́ст (caríst) — one who supports a tsar
  • Russian: цари́стка (carístka) — one who supports a tsar
  • Spanish: zarista — one who supports a tsar
  • Ukrainian: цари́ст (carýst) — one who supports a tsar
  • Ukrainian: цари́стка (carýstka) — one who supports a tsar